Mucor thriving on iron in beta thalassemia major: A case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis

• Main Authors: Dhaarani Jayaraman (Author), Harshavardhan Mahalingam (Author), Naga Geetha Rani Mangam (Author), Swati Narasimhan (Author), Padmasani Venkat Ramanan (Author), K. Stephen Sudhakar (Author), Prasanna Kumar S (Author), Banu Keerthana (Author), Manu Vidhya Harikumar (Author), Anupama Jyoti Kindo (Author), T.K. Shruthi (Author), Niranjan Ragavan (Author), Julius Xavier Scott (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mucormycosis is a dreaded condition with high mortality rates noted in immunocompromised hosts. Though iron overload is a known risk factor, children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia have been rarely reported with invasive mucormycosis. We present an 8-year-old girl with transfusion-dependent...